THE HANGOVER REPORT – James Monroe Iglehart shines as Satchmo in the by-the-books jukebox bio-musical A WONDERFUL WORLD

Last night, the new musical A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical opened on Broadway at Studio 54, a fitting venue for a show centered largely around music and the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sculptural lighting takes center stage in FRONTERA, Dana Gingras’s dystopian hip hop ballet

This weekend for two nights only, you’ll be able to catch Canadian dance troupe Animals of Distinction perform Frontera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House. Created … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Strong women at the helm: Amy Berryman’s WALDEN and Jenny Lyn Bader’s MRS. STERN WANDERS THE PRUSSIAN STATE LIBRARY

This week, I encountered a pair of Off-Broadway plays by women playwrights that feature strong women characters at the helm. Read on for my thoughts. WALDENSecond Stage TheaterThrough November 24 … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A company on the move: PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY heads into its fall season with ambitious plans for growth

Paul Taylor Dance Company is carrying a lot of momentum heading into its three-week fall season at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. Just last week, Taylor announced … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Assessing two deep cuts: Mint’s rare revival of SUMP’N LIKE WINGS and Gingold Theatrical Group’s revamp of THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE

Over the years, two Off-Broadway theater companies — Mint Theater Company and Gingold Theatrical Group — have made it their mission to dust off plays on the brink of falling … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – American Ballet Theatre unveils a disorienting but surface-level dance adaptation of CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

American Ballet Theatre concluded its fall season last week at the David H. Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center with the world premiere of choreographer Helen Pickett and director James Bonas’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Lazours’ new musical WE LIVE IN CAIRO is an unsteady ode to “Rent” and Arab Spring revolutionaries

This fall’s offering at New York Theatre Workshop is the new musical We Live in Cairo, which arrives Off-Broadway after having been previously programmed at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Susanna Mälkki incisively conducts the NY PHILHARMONIC, producing an existential soundtrack for our times

One usually goes to the concert hall to escape the realities of life. But on a recent visit to David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, I was struck by how … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A triumphant return: City Center’s gala revival of RAGTIME lives up to its reputation as one of the great musicals of the modern era

Based on E.L. Doctorow’s 1975 novel Ragtime, the seminal and beloved 1996 musical adaptation of the same name — featuring music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bill T. Jones’s seminal full length piece STILL/HERE returns to BAM more universal but no less heartrending

This week, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company revives the seminal Still/Here at the Howard Gilman Opera House, returning for the first time three decades later — thanks in part to … Continue Reading →